It’s day 1 of the Cornbury Music festival and Bob and Mandy have left early for work. They’ll be joining us later in the day for a late lunchtime BBQ.
We went for a morning walk, stopping off at St Michaels church within the grounds of Great Tew park. The graveyard attached to the church has some of the oldest graves in the land.
Then on to a fine watering establishment, the Falkland Arms. A stunning country pub.
The Falkland Arms, Great Tew
Bob and Mandy joined us for a late afternoon BBQ before we headed to the arena for the evening bands.
The line-up for Friday was as below – The Specials headlining with a great performance. Beverley Knight on the second stage was a class act too.
A 150 mile drive to the Cotswolds awaited us on this fine Thursday morning – a journey which would take us north of the M5 and then East along the A40 before finally heading north towards Chipping Norton and Great Tew Park – home of the 2019 Cornbury Music festival.
We had purchased both weekend tickets and a campervan pass – which, also allows caravans (and why wouldn’t it!).
Arriving after 14:00, we were counted in as the one hundreth outfit and managed to blag a decent size spot – large enough to park the car, erect a small shade awning and a three man tent for our friends, Bob and Mandy.
Cornbury Campervan Park
An evening BBQ on Thursday completed our first day at Great Tew park.
It really has been a truly remarkable year and difficult to know where to start. About a year ago, we posted an entry about our travels from the Peak District to Exmouth and during that very stay near to Exmouth, we bought a house in Budleigh Salterton. During May 2019, we completed our relocation from the Thames valley to the beautiful south coast of Devon and the idyllic coastal town of Budleigh Salterton.
Our caravan is stored at Woodbury Caravan and Boat storage and it’s been a while since we haven’t had the caravan housed locally at the house. The storage facility is a gold site and so far our experiences have been first rate. The staff are very efficient and totally organised.
More so than myself – I didn’t think to take a single picture of our pre-departure stay at Pooh Cottage holiday park – close by Budleigh Salterton.
I will post some more details soon, including some pictures but this is a gem of a campsite. The facilities are super modern and certainly put to shame our bathroom facilities at the new house. The site is very peaceful and located right beside the disused railway line connecting Budleigh with Exmouth.
From here, one can cycle all the way to Exmouth, north to Exeter alongside the eastern side of the River Exe before headng south to Dawlish alongside the Western edge of the river.
And it’s virtually all off road.
The town and pebble beach of Budleigh Salterton lie about 1 mile to the South of the campsite.
Finally, Moe managed to track down one photograph of our place at Pooh Cottage. Do give this gem of a site a try though.
